Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Here are two tools that can be used for creating effective and engaging simulations. Let me know of other tools. SimWriter. Screen Capture from SimWriter simulation creation software. What started as a tool for internal simulation development is now a patented authoring tool available to license and use for your own e-learning simulation development.

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Simulations SimWriter Authoring Tools Software 197

Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 6, 2011

A while back I posted on Facebook that LMSs were prisons for content because they tended to keep content inaccessible and unavailable for quick easy access. Well now their is a new kind of LMS that uses a Facebook type interface to conduct academic business. It’s called CourseKit. CourseKit instructor page. The concept is radical on two levels.

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Wiki Open LMS Blackboard 169

Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Here is a link to an article by Margery Weinstein with an interview from me and great additional pieces and interviews with James Sharpe, senior vice president, Strategic Solutions, PDI Ninth House and Chris Musselwhite, Sue Kennedy, and Sue Probst of Discovery Learning Inc. In the article, Get Your Head in the Game, I discuss how there are two expectations of games for learning these days.

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Ninth House PDI Games Simulations 165

Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Take a look at this interesting video about games and see if you agree. The points raised are interesting.

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Games Video 177